{"id":427419,"date":"2026-09-05T20:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427419\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T20:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:08:27","slug":"no-6-indiana-opens-season-with-a-dominant-win-over-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/427419\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 6 Indiana opens season with a dominant win over North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. 6 Indiana football opens season with a dominant win over North Texas<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/057347bd-ee22-46aa-90df-94bdc367f28a_1770245193.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jennifer Osting\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>BLOOMINGTON, Ind. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">No. 6 Indiana picked up right where it left off Saturday as the team rolled past North Texas in its season opener. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The Hoosiers wasted little time making an impression in their first game since completing a perfect 16-0 season and winning the program&#8217;s first national championship. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Indiana&#8217;s starting quarterback Josh Hoover connected with Michigan State transfer Nick Marsh for a touchdown on his first throw in an Indiana uniform. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Boston College transfer Turbo Richard then added a rushing touchdown as the Hoosiers jumped ahead 14-0 in the first quarter. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Hoover finished 13-of-16 passing for 231 yards and four touchdowns without an interception. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Charlie Becker caught four passes for 64 yards and two touchdowns, while Richard scored twice on the ground. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Indiana led 24-6 at halftime. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The Hoosiers then pulled away in the second half, scoring 28 points after halftime. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">The win extends Indiana&#8217;s winning streak to 17 games and gives coach Curt Cignetti&#8217;s team a strong start to its first season as defending national champions. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Indiana will return to action next Saturday against Howard at Memorial Stadium. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">That game kicks off at noon on the Big Ten Network. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 6 Indiana football opens season with a dominant win over North Texas BLOOMINGTON, Ind. \u2014 No. 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-427419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}